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Cats BridgeVA

A town in Virginia, home to 200 people.

Population

200

Census survey, 2020–24

Is Cats Bridge a good place to live?

4.4% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Cats Bridge, below both Virginia’s towns (44%) and U.S. towns (29%). Cats Bridge has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

By the sea

Cats Bridge lives by the ocean

Coastal flooding makes up 11% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.

11%of expected storm damage is coastal flooding

99thpercentile for coastal flood risk nationally

94thpercentile for hurricane risk

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Cats Bridge.

Work & commute

Cats Bridge has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

2%work in town

For half of commuters, work is under 48 miles away. Among working residents in Cats Bridge, 1.6% work locally. The top destinations are Virginia Beach (6%), Accomac (5%) and Belle Haven (5%).

	Cats Bridge	Virginia towns	U.S. towns
Working residents who work in town	1.6%	4.9%	8%
Below the poverty line	6%	7.7%	9.6%

Where working residents work

In Cats Bridge2%

Virginia Beach6%

Accomac5%

Belle Haven5%

Chesapeake5%

48 mi

median commute distance

jobs based in Cats Bridge

A commuter town

jobs vs. working residents

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The jobs here4 jobs based here · A commuter town Where people work2% work in Cats Bridge Commute timesCommute times How far they goHalf commute less than 48 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazards

Cats Bridge faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes

70risk score of 100

Only 9 of the 254 Virginia towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Cats Bridge. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 62% come from hurricanes and 17% from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities.

FEMA risk score

HurricanesInland floodingCoastal flooding

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What it facesHigh risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters15 disaster declarations · Declared for the county Get ready0.3 events a year, on average · Ready for hurricanes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Four seasons and pleasant summers in Cats Bridge

7″snow a winter

July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 30° and about 7 inches of snow falls in a winter.

Typical low → high °F

Winter32–49°

Spring47–65°

Summer68–85°

Fall53–69°

Nov 7

typical first frost

Apr 4

typical last frost

+1.5°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 87°, January lows 30°Rain & snow7″ of snow a winter · 46 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingBoth heating and cooling Then and now+1.5° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

Compared with most of Virginia and the rest of the country, more of Cats Bridge’s adults have obesity

No town among the 254 in Virginia we compare has a higher share of adults who worry about having enough food than Cats Bridge. For adults locally, the share who have high blood pressure is 56%. Only one of the 254 Virginia towns we compare has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Cats Bridge. Against the Virginia average, Cats Bridge comes out ahead on 4 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 21.